Current TNT analyst and Hall of Famer Charles Barkley is known to be very opinionated and never known to bite his tongue when he's critiquing the game of basketball.

Recently Barkley gave Newsday.com his insight on how he feels about the current Eastern Conference leading New York Knicks.

"I think they're a good team, and I think Jason Kidd has had a huge effect on Raymond Felton and J.R. Smith," Barkley said Tuesday, before Kidd's latest heroics against the Nets. (Barkley was in Los Angeles taping a celebrity edition of "The Price is Right.")

"But when I look at their stats, they only outrebounded the teams they've played like twice. That concerns me. And I don't know if they can keep shooting threes like that. That's my only critique. It's not a criticism, it's a critique."

Barkley has never been much of a fan of the Knicks since retiring in 2000 and has openly called out the team saying how much he felt they "stunk." This time around he's singing a different tune as he now sees this current Knicks team as a legitimate contender and threat to the defending champion Miami Heat in the east.

"Everybody in New York thinks the Knicks are Playboy bunnies, and I have been telling them for years the Knicks are a rabbit," he said. "They're closer to a Playboy bunny this year but for the last few years these guys are like, 'We have a really good team!' And I say, 'You really think that?' And I say, 'No, they don't.' But this is the best team they've had in a while."

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